• Pits not always to blame • On state badgering of cabin owners • Bridge closure plusses • Democratic legislator won’t help Hawai‘i • My truth hurts Pits not always to blame I would like to respond to Linda Nusser’s
• Pits not always to blame
• On state badgering of cabin owners
• Bridge closure plusses
• Democratic legislator won’t help Hawai‘i
• My truth hurts
Pits not always to blame
I would like to respond to Linda Nusser’s letter (“Keeping dogs controlled,” Letters, Dec. 20):
It’s funny whenever you hear a bad dog story, it always has to be a pitbull, or some type of pit. Please remember it’s not only pits that bite. I believe someone else already wrote an excellent letter backing up the pitbull breed. I’m pretty sure the pit had no intentions on hurting your little dog, but what ignorant person would hit a dog with a stick to break up a fight? You just don’t do that. The correct way to break up a dog fight is to throw a bucket of water at the dogs’ faces. And for those who are against pit bulls please remember, it’s not the breed of dog, it’s how the owner treats the dog. I have a bluenose pit and he is the most loving dog you will ever meet. Next door to me they have a chihuahua mix and let me tell you, that dog bites. I am sorry to hear about your dog, but don’t blame all dog biting stories on the pit.
Shana Jimenez, Kilauea
On state badgering of cabin owners
I am one of the original owners of a Koke‘e cabin on Makaweli Flats. I am dismayed and disgusted that the state continues to badger the owners of these cabins. Mine is long gone. I had it torn down during the first round of state money grabbing actions 20 years ago. What a travesty. The state should be ashamed for being so openly greedy. I could go on and on about this, but it just brings back very bad memories. If you are new to this situation and want to know the background, call me. I know what happened to many beautiful cabins that are now gone.
What a bunch of blood suckers.
Gerry Laidlaw, Albuquerque, N.M.
Bridge closure plusses
I know many of us who have lived here for a long time would like to turn back the clock, say 20 or 30 years, to times when the pace of life was a lot more gentle, when the roads weren’t clogged with tourist cars and you at least recognized, if not knew, everyone you saw in a day.
Yesterday the clock did get turned back by the 24 hour closing of the Wainiha Bridge.
You could hear the ocean instead of the roar of cars and trucks. You could ride your bike without the fear of being run down. You knew people you saw.
It was refreshing, to say the least, not to have to be in a parade of 15 cars, 12 of them rent-a-cars. You could actually drive to Ke‘e Beach and park.
It was like a time before the county officials and the developers made their back room deals to line their pockets and steal our peace and quiet.
Maybe they should shut down different bridges around the island for 24 little hours and let communities feel a bit of what we lost.
Maybe the voters would figure out what happened and react with more awareness.
And maybe pigs will fly.
John Humphrey, Hanalei
Democratic legislator won’t help Hawai‘i
With her deceitful act, Rep. Karen Awana is quoted as saying the reason she switched to Democrat was “to be more effective at addressing the needs and concerns of the community.” Her community, supporters, advisors and donors elected a Republican and she shames herself by switching mid-term.
The Democrats could not have promised much because they have done little for any community in Hawai‘i for over 40 years. Virtually all our communities need better public schools, more affordable housing and relief from the second most regressive tax in the nation.
These are the problems that our Republican governor and lieutenant governor and Republican House and Senate caucuses are working to fix.
Awana will find what most of us already know: The Democratic Party has been making promises to the people of Hawai‘i for more than 40 years and has not done much to keep any of them.
Willes K. Lee, Chairman, Hawaii Republican Party
My truth hurts
This letter is in response to Paullie Purdys (“My God and the trees,” Letters, Dec. 19):
That was really a nice letter you wrote Paullie. I was surprised and expecting much worse from intentionally not being politically correct (“There is only our God,” Letters, Dec. 18). It’s interesting how one person’s idea of judgmental is another persons idea of instrumental. Religion has little if anything to do with God, except being the vessel in which to pray to God publically. It is true that you don’t need religion to find God, and many religious people will die not even knowing Jesus, and that’s a travesty.
We should read our Bible, and the Holy Spirit, or, like you say, “Divine Spark,” will guide you. This basically tells you that you don’t need religion. “Who are you,” you say, Paullie? You are a great person made in God’s image, and through him all things are possible. The least we can do is to give glory to God through Jesus Christ. Everyone is still a child growing in faith. There are many levels of understanding of the word of God. If being Mormon or Jehovah’s Witness ultimately brings you to having Jesus as your personal savior, then that is great.
All things work for the good of God in those who believe in him and follow his commandments. I meant no disrespect, and I love Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses just as much as I love fellow Christians. There is no such thing as bad people just the bad choices that they make. The last thing I would want to sound like is being judgmental, but sometimes the truth does hurt, unfortunately. We as Christians have been persecuted for thousands of years, usually from those who are not content in their own beliefs. In closing, I’ll say for me and my family the belief in Jesus Christ is absolute. It is the only belief in history that has not been proven wrong. After all, what do you have to lose except for your salvation? Which, after all, is all there is. Merry Christmas and God bless us all.
David Rich, Waimea
